Fake Crown or just a good one?

[Jay2]

Opinions, please. At first glance I didn't like his face and that tail.

Victoria seems far too well defined around the edges of her profile, but I'm no expert.

EDIT: Thanks for input, folks. Looks like a blatant fake then.

 

 

It's on ebay, along with the seller's many other legit looking half crowns and hundreds of stamps and post cards if that helps.

Thanks for any input.

[Alex]

6 minutes ago, Jay2 said:

 

Fake

[sovereignsteve]

George looks all wrong.

what does the edge look like?

[Jay2]

Thanks, both of you.

Sadly there is no edge image. If it was tell-tale sharp as the day it was made, I would be certain it was fake. Usually that's the part they neglect to add fake wear on, I think.

[Fathallazf]

The earring of the queen looks like a coca cola bottle. It should be narrower i guess  

[Jay2]

For comparison, the tail is way off, isn't it?

[Jay2]

Yeah pretty sure it's a dud now. The dot after the IMP is off too.

And the proximity to the crown tip and GRA dot.

[Fathallazf]

2 minutes ago, Jay2 said:

And the proximity to the crown tip and GRA dot.



Yea also the earring in this photo looks like a diamond shape! Might be wear and tear? Who knows 

[999magnum]

So this passes the magnet test?

[sovereignsteve]

1 minute ago, 999magnum said:

So this passes the magnet test?

I would doubt it; doesn't look like silver to me.

[999magnum]

3 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

I would doubt it; doesn't look like silver to me.

Yes and the OP would know that if he did use a magnet firstly.

 

Oh nvm. It's on ebay. I didn't realize there was another sentence at the bottom.

[sovereignsteve]

1 minute ago, 999magnum said:

Yes and the OP would know that if he did use a magnet firstly.

I think the OP said it was on ebay so no magnet test or other photos

[kerrste]

Sometimes when I have a known good example I find it worth doing an overlay - It's not always obvious (to me) when trying to do a stare and compare when looking for sometimes minor differences. In this case I have just put the semi-transparent overly of the coin in question atop of the known good picture (posted by @Jay2)

In this case I aligned the coins to fit three point s (Helmet / horse head / dragon head) matching the coin dimensions , and allowing for a bit of give/take (pictures may be slightly different angles) you would expect no notable difference. But as stated, you can see the whole rear of the horse and tail are very much wrong as well as the date alignment being slightly off. 

Its not an exact science - but I do find it helps me. 

[Jay2]

That's fantastic, @kerrste . I am going to give that a go in future for same-year examples and, where necessary or possible, same-die. Nicely done, thanks!

Cheers everyone. The ebay seller has legit coins too but they seem to have gotten a dud on that crown. I let them know.

[sixgun]

@kerrste i did the same - i completely agree  - everything is wrong - the rear end of the horse is completely different.

 

[DarkChameleon]

Looks to have been antiqued.